www.washingtontimes.com Topics: Gao Zhishenghttp://www.washingtontimes.com/topics/gao-zhisheng/?utm_medium=RSS2011-03-28T20:44:06-04:00U.N. panel asks China to release lawyer2011-03-28T20:44:06-04:00Tini Tran http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/mar/28/un-panel-asks-china-to-release-lawyer/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>BEIJING | A U.N. committee is calling on China to release a prominent human rights lawyer missing for nearly a year, saying his detention violates international law.</p> <p>The request for an immediate release of Gao Zhisheng, addressed to the Chinese government, came in July from the U.N. Working Group on ...Wife of missing Chinese lawyer fears for his life 2011-01-19T13:04:06-05:00Ashish Kumar Senhttp://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/jan/19/wife-of-missing-chinese-lawyer-fears-for-his-life/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>The wife of Gao Zhisheng, a Chinese human rights lawyer who revealed details of the torture he endured in detention in China, says she has not heard from her husband since he went missing again last April and fears for his life.</p> <p>Geng He traveled from her home in the ...Embassy Row2010-10-07T17:18:14-04:00James Morrisonhttp://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/oct/7/embassy-row-172966884/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p><strong>CHINESE REPRESSION</strong></p> <p>Thirty members of Congress this week urged <strong>President Obama</strong> to press <strong>Chinese President Hu Jintao </strong>to release two prominent human rights activists when he attends an economic summit in South Korea next month.</p> <p>"We strongly believe that China must be discouraged from detaining individuals for exercising their fundamental ...